Henry Ward Beecher
Henry Ward Beecher was a theologically liberal American Congregationalist clergyman and reformer, and author.
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We are not to make the ideas of contentment and aspiration quarrel, for God made them fast friends. A man may aspire, and yet be quite content until it is time to raise; and both flying and resting are but parts of one contentment. The very fruit of the g
Henry Ward Beecher
Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men and animals. Some seem to smile; some have a sad expression; some are pensive and diffident; others again are plain, honest and upright, like the broad-faced sunflower and the hollyhock.
Henry Ward Beecher
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith.
Henry Ward Beecher
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
Henry Ward Beecher
God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how.
Henry Ward Beecher
Hold yourself responsible for a higher standard than anyone else expects of you. Never excuse yourself.
Henry Ward Beecher
He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.
Henry Ward Beecher
There is tonic in the things that men do not love to hear. Free speech is to a great people what the winds are to oceans ... and where free speech is stopped miasma is bred, and death comes fast.
Henry Ward Beecher
Keep a fair-sized cemetery in your back yard, in which to bury the faults of your friends.
Henry Ward Beecher
A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.
Henry Ward Beecher
Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
Henry Ward Beecher
We never know the love of our parents for us till we have become parents.
Henry Ward Beecher
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
Henry Ward Beecher
Troubles are often the tools by which God fashions us for better things.
Henry Ward Beecher
Men are like trees: each one must put forth the leaf that is created in him.
Henry Ward Beecher
Blessed are the Happiness Makers. Blessed are they who know how to shine on one's gloom with their cheer.
Henry Ward Beecher
No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a man rich. He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has.
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